Castle Busters vs Dead Cells

Castle Busters

VOODOO
Google Play
$35.2K/mo
~$422.6K/yr · 5.7M installs
VS

Dead Cells

Playdigious
Google Play
$179.5K/mo
~$2.15M/yr · 1.9M installs
Revenue winner Dead Cells wins +410% vs other
Installs winner Castle Busters wins +205% vs other
MAU winner Castle Busters wins +190% vs other
Rating winner Dead Cells wins +14% vs other

Why Dead Cells is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Dead Cells earns roughly 5× more per month than Castle Busters - $179.5K vs $35.2K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Dead Cells undercuts at $1.98/mo vs $9.95/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Better app store reviews. Dead Cells sits at 4.81★ vs 4.21★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Castle Busters
vs
Dead Cells
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$35.2K
$179.5K
Annual revenue (est.)
$422.6K
$2.15M
Lifetime installs (est.)
5.7M
1.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
326K
112K
App Store rating
4.21★
4.81★
Total ratings
71K
126K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.95
$1.98
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Castle Busters

VOODOO
Google Play
Category
Action
Price
Free
Released
Jul 18, 2025
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
1.8.1
Languages
-
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Dead Cells

Playdigious
Google Play
Category
Action
Price
USD7.99
Released
Jun 2, 2020
Last updated
Sep 8, 2025
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
3.5.9
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Castle Busters or Dead Cells? v
Dead Cells earns about $179.5K per month, while Castle Busters earns about $35.2K. That is a 5.1× revenue gap (~$144.3K more per month for Dead Cells). Annual revenue: Castle Busters ≈ $422.6K/year, Dead Cells ≈ $2.15M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Castle Busters or Dead Cells? v
Castle Busters leads with about 5.7M estimated downloads vs 1.9M for Dead Cells - a 3.1× gap. Castle Busters reports 5,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Dead Cells reports 1,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Castle Busters and Dead Cells in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Action category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Castle Busters and Dead Cells offer? v
Castle Busters: IAP range $0.99 - $99.99 per item. Dead Cells: IAP range $0.49 - $7.99 per item. Castle Busters runs a "Free game · IAP-driven (0 packs, ~$0.30/MAU)" monetization model; Dead Cells runs "Paid app ($7.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Castle Busters or Dead Cells? v
Dead Cells edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Castle Busters 2K ratings, Dead Cells 6K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Castle Busters vs Dead Cells revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $35.2K for Castle Busters and $179.5K for Dead Cells are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Action) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Castle Busters or Dead Cells to a different Google Play app? v
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